Posts Tagged ‘cameron’
Politicians Still Don’t Get It
Alan Duncan, treated like a "shit"
Alan Duncan, shadow leader of the Commons, has been forced to apologise following his recent indiscreet remarks about the expenses scandal.
Apparently he feels he’s been “treated like shit” by the public, been “forced to live on rations” since the trough has temporarily been hidden and concludes the “world has gone mad” in response to his gardening claims. The job of the politician has been “nationalised”, he suggests.
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People Power! Can You Believe It?
If you watch the 24/7 news on TV or read the usual newspapers you’ll have no trouble recognising the environment they take for granted they are operating in and we are supposedly living in. It goes like so:
- The United Kingdom is a democracy,
- That has a parliament led by Prime Minister Gordon Brown and an “opposition” led by “Dave” Cameron,
- And the office of the Prime Minister is the highest in the land,
- And the laws made in parliament are a representation of the will of the public as expressed at the ballot box.
Which makes me wonder why the old sayings, “None of them are any good!”, or, “This lot are as bad as the last lot!”, are as popular today as they have ever been.
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